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Tidbits- Sept 25 -Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Public Health Workers:End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax

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Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing the Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Take Action: Public Health Workers End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax;

Andrew Cuomo Has a Jeffrey Epstein Problem

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
A surprising number of Andrew Cuomo’s allies, donors, and friends have close ties to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

For the Wealthy, a Taxing New Worry

Sam Pizzigati Inequality.org
Lobbyists for America’s grandest fortunes may want to raise their rates. Capitol Hill is getting a gadfly who can really sting.

Matt Taibbi: The SuperRich in America Have Become 'Untouchables' Who Don't Go to Prison

Amy Goodman, Matt Taibbi Democracy Now!
Matt Taibbi discusses his new book, "The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap." The vast majority of white-collar criminals have avoided prison since the financial crisis began, while an unequal justice system imprisons the poor and people of color on a mass scale. Taibbi explores how the Depression-level income gap between the wealthy and the poor is mirrored by a "justice" gap in who is targeted for prosecution and imprisonment.

Hypocrisies of the Super-Rich

Paul Buchheit Common Dreams
The hypocrisy is spread evenly among corporations, Congress, and free-market apologists, all of whom insult and imperil average Americans with their double standards.
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